Depression In Dementia And Grief
Grief is a reaction to a major loss. It is most often an unhappy and painful emotion.
Alternative Names
Mourning; Grieving; Bereavement
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Grief may be triggered by the death of a loved one. People also can experience grief if they have an illness for which there is no cure, or a chronic condition that affects their quality of life. The end of a significant relationship may also cause a grieving process.
Everyone feels grief in...
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